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New York Times, Wednesday, August 7, 2024

Author:
Meghan Morris
Editor:
Joel Fagliano
Blog:
44-Down : Serious workplace problem, for short
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Meghan Morris

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 47 Missing: {JKQXZ} Grid has mirror symmetry. This is puzzle # 4 for Ms. Morris. Wednesday freshness: 60%
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© 2024, The New York Times8/7/24 ( No. 27,301 )
Across
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Rhyme of 49-Across, but not a homophone of 19-Across : BUFF
5
On the ___ : LAM
8
Rhyme of 46-Across, but not a homophone of 21-Across : DOFF
12
Key that might be part of a chain : ISLE
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Olay competitor : NIVEA
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Spaniard's "other" : OTRA
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Opposite of hopping : DEAD
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Customer service worker : AGENT
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"Serves you right!" : GOOD
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Main branch of a tree : BOUGH
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It gets baked : DOUGH
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Take a break : REST
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Not on board with : ANTI
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Evaluate for purity : ASSAY
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Like Plan B, for short : OTC
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Wee : EENSY
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Marshland : FEN
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"___ Choice" : SOPHIES
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"Another sheep pun? ___ gotta be kidding!" : EWE
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Field for grazing : LEA
40
Everglades wader : HERON
41
Shade : HUE
42
Gun-regulating grp. : ATF
43
By way of : THROUGH
45
I.C.U. staffers : RNS
46
Attention-getting sound : COUGH
48
Sounds of sympathy : AWS
49
Uneven : ROUGH
51
Conditional words : ORS
53
Pacific ___ : RIM
54
Unfair outcome, informally : BUMDEAL
58
Corkscrew-shaped pasta : FUSILLI
62
A pop star might go by this : ONENAME
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Stay away (from) : ABSTAIN
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Used as a platform : STOODON
65
More timid : MOUSIER
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Rhyme of 19-Across, but not a homophone of 46-Across : COW
67
Heavy-hearted : SAD
68
Denver-to-Omaha dir. : ENE
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Rhyme of 43-Across, but not a homophone of 49-Across : RUE
Down
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Put in an offer : BID
2
Avail : USE
3
Exerciser's target : FLAB
4
Classic accessory for Humphrey Bogart : FEDORA
5
Many a Gilbert and Sullivan work : LIGHTOPERA
6
Park in N.Y.C., e.g. : AVE
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Untruthful : MENDACIOUS
8
Pooch : DOGGIE
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"Conversely …," in a text : OTOH
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Not to : FRO
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It doesn't stay hot for long : FAD
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Keeps at : NAGS
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Lots : ATON
20
Remedies for missed turns : UEYS
22
Native Coloradans : UTES
25
Insurer with an avian mascot : AFLAC
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Take care of : SEETO
27
Real mess : SNAFU
29
Rhyme of 21-Across, but not a homophone of 43-Across : THROW
31
Leader who wrote "The Discovery of India" : NEHRU
32
Totally shifted the momentum of : SWUNG
33
"Hoo-boy!" : YEESH
36
Exclamation of understanding : OHH
37
Subj. taught by Fulbright scholars : ENG
43
Clothing, colloquially : THREADS
44
Serious workplace problem, for short : HRISSUE
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"Puh-lease!" : GODNO
50
Leaves out : OMITS
52
Island country that's 24 hours ahead of its closest neighbor : SAMOA
53
Apply, as sunscreen : RUBON
54
Brownish pear : BOSC
55
"Once more ___ the breach" : UNTO
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Communicate like a Sphynx : MEOW
57
Give for a time : LEND
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"___ is very agreeable, but the bad thing is that it goes on 24 hours a day": Gabriel García Márquez : FAME
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Leopard's spot : LAIR
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Place : LIEU
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Memo line : INRE

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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